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APPY EARTH WEEK HALIBUT HERALD!April 23, 2009

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Vancouver Aquarium Obtains Both LEED Gold and ISO 14001 Certifications

Mayor Gregor Robertson joins Aquarium President, John Nightingale this past Tuesday to commemorate our newestEnvironmental achievements and to unveil the new Aquaquest sign.READ ON: http://www.zandavisitor.com/newsarticle-1297-Vancouver_Aquarium_Obtains_Both_LEED_Gold_and_ISO_14001_Certifications

United Nations has officially declared June 8 as World Oceans Day orld Ocean Day was created in 1992 at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, putby the United Nations. Ever since, thousands have celebrated the oceans'portance and their personal connections with them. But unfortunately, for thest 16 years this honorary day has remained an unofficial celebration becausee UN has failed to formally designate June 8 as World Ocean Day every year.

ceans provide us with food, they regulate climate and generate oxygen, so itesn't matter if you reside on the coast or farther inland; the ocean in some waypacts your everyday life.

EARN MORE: http://www.theoceanproject.org/wod/ EARN MORE: http://www.worldoceannetwork.org/Act_WOD.asp

0 Things YOU Can Do to Save the Oceansp://community.oceana.org/blog/2008/06/10-things-you-can-do-save-eans


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Top 10 Green iPhone Apps http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-green-iphone-apps/

We as a population in BC face a historic challenge. All through time our rivers have flowed freely. Our provincialgovernment is quietly giving away rights to our public rivers for private power production to some of the world'sbiggest corporations. Not only is new private river power significantly driving up our power bills already but the policythat has never been debated threatens our environment, economy and society as a whole.LEARN HOW TO HELP: http://www.saveourrivers.ca/home-mainmenu-37

Seafood Watch Recommendations on your iPhoneFeatures

* Free, up-to-date recommendations atyour fingertips* Sushi guide lists fish by Japanese nameas well as common market name* Regional guides highlight the seafoodthats best in each area of the country* New! Search to find seafood quickly andeasily within regions.

GET IT HERE:http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw iPhone.as x


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Man (Re)Builds Mexican Island Paradise on 250,000 Recycled Floating Bottles

READ ON: http://ecoble.com/2007/11/18/250000-bottles-amazing-recycled-mexican-island-paradise/

ow to Tell If You're Poisoningourself With Fishesearchers are creating genetic tests totermine if mercury hiding in that "healthy"nner could be messing with your brain.

EAD ON: http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/19-how-to-tell-you.re-poisoning-yourself-with-fish

Why We Need to Reset Capitalism to Put theEnvironment at the CenterMost simply, the environmental impact of the goods produced by companiesabsolutely can no longer be passed off onto society as a whole:Environmental Costs Must Be Shifted to Producers, Not Society READ ON: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/reset-capitalism-put-environment-at-center.php

Reset: Making Sustainability the Centerpiece of OurRecoveryWe need regulations which ensure that companies cannot structure theiroperations so that any upside gains accrue to their owners (or worse yet theirmanagers), while risks or costs get shifted onto society as a whole.READ ON: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-c-esty/reset-regulation-an-earth_b_189025.html

More On The Ecological Stimulus Package: LessonsFrom The AncientsHere's a not-so-Trivial Pursuit Question: what ancient society survived direecological circumstances for 500 years by reorganizing their productionsystems, restructuring their economy, reducing consumption levels, andmaximizing limited resources?

ANSWER? READ ON:http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/ecological-stimulus-lessons-ancients_.php


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Earth From the Air: Photos by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

A few months ago this photo series was introduced and some shots were posted in thealibut Herald. Here are some more selections from the series.

ABOVE Left to right, top to bottom: Heart in Voh, New Caledonia; Center-pivot irrigation,Maan, Jordan; Algae cultivation in Bali, Indonesia; Stacks of wood at a wood pulp factoryear Mrrum, Blekinge province, Sweden; Resting on bales on of Cotton, Thonakaha, CoteIvoire, Africa; Village on the Banks of an Arm of the Niger River; Islet in the Sulu

Archipelago, Philippines; Perito Moreno Glacier, Santa Cruz, ArgentinaELOW - Left to right, top to bottom: Trees amid the waters near Taponas, Rhne region,rance; Whale off the Valds peninsula, Argentina; Salt formations on the west coast of theead Sea, Israel; The missing snows of Kilimanjaro, TanzaniaEARN MORE ABOUT THESE PHOTOS:ttp://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/02/earth-from-the-air-yann-arthus-ertrand.php?page=14


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With your help, We are Saving the Mermaids!

Click here to select our Earth Day Special or Adopt any Ambassador at other levels of support:http://www.sirenian.org/ambassadors.html


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How to CreateMassive ChangeWhen It Comes toClimate Changettp://planetgreen.discovey.com/feature/earth-ay/bill-mckibben-earth-ay.html NSPIRE CHANGE:ttp://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=s5kg1oOq9tY

LEARN MORE HERE:ttp://www.350.org/

Please remember to sign up forBike to Work Week as soon aspossible at www.vacc.bc.ca andthen ride your bike to work onMay 11-17 th . Our team is underVancouver Aquarium and whenyou register, the site will ask youto create a route and then log

each trip you make during thatweek.

Come down to the wrap-up BBQon Friday, May 15th , for freefood, entertainment, some fun inthe sun, and the chance to meetand greet thousands of citycyclists. Well have pedal-

powered amps and music anddancing from 4:00 pm to 7:00pm, under the gazebo at theTelus World of Science.

JOIN:www.vacc.bc.ca


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Marine Mammal Rescue

MMR's Newest Resident A Northern Elephant Seal was broughtinto MMR on April 6th from RainbowBeach in Esquimalt on VancouverIsland.

In sticking with MMR's 2009 namingtheme of Common Mammal Names,"Cow" was brought into MMR because

of a skin condition know as "NorthernElephant Seal Skin Disease" that canhappen to juvenile elephant seals whilethey moult. "Cow" is currently undergoing treatment for the skin disease inher enclosure at MMR that includes asmall pool that she regularly bathes in.

She has just started eating fish on her own and is hopefully well on her way to recovery!

The Marine Mammal Rescue team


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Events

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More exciting eventshere:http://www.vanevo.ca/events01.html Check out videos ofpast lectures here:http://www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science/darwin.htm


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